Patent attributes
An outdoor food frying apparatus provides a frame that includes a cabinet having an open top and a open bottom. The frame can be in the form of a plurality of cabinet walls supportive upon a plurality of legs. A burner element is supported upon the frame and within the cabinet interior. The burner element includes a pair of spaced apart burner sections. A pot removably fits the cabinet interior resting upon the pot support in a cooking position. The pot has a v-shaped bottom comprised of a pair of panels that intercept to form a obtuse angle. The pot also includes a plurality of generally flat pot side walls. One of the burner sections directs a flame against one of the bottom panels, the other of the burner sections directing a flame against the other of the bottom panels. In one embodiment, the pot has a drain opening fitted with a valve for controlling the flow of fluid from the pot after cooking has completed. In one embodiment, a slot on the cabinet extends to the open top, the valve traveling in the slot when the pot is placed upon the frame in a cooking position. In one embodiment, a plurality of baskets are provided that selectively fit the pot interior including one basket that substantially fills the cabinet interior and a second basket that is much smaller than the first basket.
